Needle for hand knitting



April 30, 1946. o. c. SEMONSEN 2,399,254

NEEDLE FOR HAND KNITTING Filed May 11, 1943 2 51 1; 1

INVENTOR ,wj /4 April 30, 146. o. c. sEMoNsEN NEEDLE FOR HAND KNITTING Filed y 1945 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 INVENTOR Patented Apr. 30, 1946 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE Application May 11, 1943,. Serial No. 486,586

In Ganada April- 16,1943

28 Claims.

This invention relates to needles for use with a fabric holder in making various knitted fabrics and articles by hand, and while primarily designed for use in connection with the type of fabric holder described in United States Letters Patent on Holders and needles for hand knitting, No. 2,318,018, issued tome May 4, 1943, itsuse is not limited to the specific type of holder described therein.

The primary object of my invention is toprovide a novel and improved needle for carrying a portion of a thread, of which a fabric i being made, through a stitch in the unfinished edge of the fabric, disengaging the stitch from a holding means and bringing the thread into engagement with a holding means, thereby forming a new lo p or stitch.

Another object of my invention is to provide an improved needle for adding stitches to an unfinished piece of fabric, which will mechanically control and regulate the tension in the portion of the thread which will comprise one of the said stitches during the operation of forming the said stitch.

Another object of my invention is to provide a new and novel needle, for adding stitches to an unfinished piece of fabric, which Will mechanically control the amount of resistance to the passage of a thread therethrough.

Another object of my invention is to provide an improved needle, for adding stitche to an unfinished piece of fabric, through which the movement of a thread can be controlled or stopped, at will, by the hand holding the needle.

The accompanying drawings will illustrate some a preferred forms of my improved needle and the method of its use, it being understood however that no limitation is necessarily made to the precise details shown therein, but that alterations and modifications within the scope of the appended claims may be resorted to when desired.

In the drawings:

Fig. 1 is a plan view and illustrates one form of holder with a fragment of an unfinished piece of knitted fabric held thereon and one form of needle. The manner in which the needle is used in forming additional stitches is shown in this view. The needle is shown in one of the positions through which it passes during the operation of forming a stitch.

Fig. 2 is a plan view similar to Fig. 1 showing the needle in a more advanced position in the operation of forming a stitch. This View also shows an adjustable friction device for controlling the tension in a thread passing through the needle.

Fig. 3: is; a side; elevation of the holder shown in Fig.1, 7

Fig. 4 is a sectional elevation on the line 6-5 of Fig. I. This view clearly shows an unobstructed space between. the fabric and the holder provided. for the purpose of facilitating the operation of the needle.

Figs. 5, 6 and '7; illustrate other forms of holders.

Fig- 8 illustrates a form. of needle comprising a tube and a. non-adjustable friction device for controlling the tension in a thread passing through the needle. This view also shows an annular bead or thickening at .the edge of the orifice through which a thread passes out of the needle tube, the said head is provided for the purpose of reducing the friction between the thread and the; edge of the orifice.

Fig. 9: is an enlarged end view of the needle illustratedin Fig. 8, showing the friction device.

Fig. 16 is a side elevation illustrating another form of needle comprising a handle, a transversely bentv tube and an adjustable.- friction device.

Fig. 11 is a plan view of the needle illustrated in Fig; 10.

Fig. 12 is an end elevation of the needle illustrated in Figs. 10 and- 11 showing the friction device.

Figs. 13 and 14 illustrate a friction device similar to that in Figs. 11 and 12 but utilizing eyes instead of pegs.

Fig. 15 illustrates a needle handle of angular crosssection.

Fig. 16- is an enlarged View of the end to of the. needle tube 39 in the plane of the orifice,

Referring to the drawings in detail, wherein similar reference characters designate corresponding parts throughout the several views; If! is a bar provided with pegs or projection fixedly attached thereto and arran ed thereon in two substantially parallel rows l5 and It.

The form of holder illustrated in Figs. 1 to 4 inclusive comprises a bar In, having a surface l2 spaced from the plane of the surface H, a row [5 of pegs l3 protruding'from the surface ll and a second row It of pegs l4 protruding from the surface F2. The plane of surface H, which limits the movement of the fabric 5! in a downward direction along the axis of the pegs I3, is spaced from and above the surface l2, thereby providing unobstructed space H, as shown in Fig. 4, adjacent to and below the unfinished edge of the fabric 51', into which the point 40 of the needle tube 3 9 can pass when inserted into a stitch in the unfinished edge of the fabric.

The form of needle illustrated in Figs. 8 and 9 comprises a tube and a non-adjustable friction notch 38 and that portion of the inner surface.

of the tube included by the sides of the notch must be equal to or greater than the cross-sectional area of the thread. The required area is obtained by the lateral movement of the fish tail. The flexible shank, while permitting lateral movement of the fish tail, resists such movement and the thread is pinched between the inner edge of the fish tail and the edge of the inner surface of'the tube. For a thread of uniform cross-sectional area the pinching pressure is constant and therefore the force required to draw the thread through the needle is constant. e As the thread passes out of the tube in the operation of knittin it is in contact with and bent around the edge of the orifice 33. The thickening of the orifice edge in the form of the annular bead 34 is provided for the purpose of reducing the friction between the thread and the edge of the orifice. The bending of the thread around the edge of the orifice can readily be seen in Fig. 1. a v

'Another form of needle comprising a handle, a tube provided with a-transverse bend adjacent to the free end thereof, and an adjustable fric tlon device is'illustrated'inFigs. 10, 11 and 12. i

The tube 39 is provided with an orifice 4! in the side thereof, adjacent to the point of attachment to the handle 42. The axis of the transverse portion of the tube 38 at the end 40 and the plane of the orifice of the tube at the end'40 are both in angular relation to the'axis of the needle. The handle 42, which may beround or angular in cross section, is of substantially larger diameter than the tube 39, and is provided with a plurality of annular grooves 44, located on the outer surface thereof adjacent to the end opposite to the tube 39. The handle 42 is also provided with a plurality of pegs B fixedly attached thereto and located on the surface thereof so that the grooves 44 and the pegs 50 are spaced from each other in alternate arrangement. The handle 42 is also provided with a plurality of annular members or open rings 45, each of which is rotatably held in one of the grooves 44. As can be seen in Fig. 12 the end 46 of the ring 45 is outwardly bent in the plane of the ring, thereby providing a curved surface 41 at the first point'of contact between the end of the ring and the handle 42, and the end 48 is bent outwardly backwardly upon itself in the plane of the ring, thereby providing the eye 49. The inside diameter of the ring 45, before positioning in groove 44, is less than the diameter of the handle at the bottom of groove 44, whereby the ring is caused to be in a strained relation while positioned in the groove, thereby creating friction between the inner surface of the ring and the surface of the groove. The friction thus created between the two surfaces being sufficient to hold the ring in a'fixed position with the eye 49 in any, desired relation to a peg 50, while insufiicient to prevent the ring from being rotated around the axis of the needle to any desired position. V

The rotatable rings 45 and the pegs 50 :011- stitute the adjustable friction device, which, by

bending a thread 60 passing through the eyes 49 and in front of pegs fill. as illustrated in Fig. 2, causes friction between the thread and the surfaces of the eyes and of the pegs as the thread is drawn through the needle. In Fig. 2 the rings 45 are shown as having been rotated around the axis of the needle handle 2 so that the eyes 49 are out of alignment with the front of the pegs 5E}. The amount of disalignment of the eyes 69 with respect to the pegs 50 determines the amount of bending of the thread and therefore the amount of friction between the thread and the surfaces of the eyes and of the pegs and thereby determines the resistance to passage of the thread through the needle. The degree of .frictionbetween the thread and the surface of oil theeyes and the pegs is substantially constant for any fixed degree of bending of the thread, therefore maintaining the degree of bending constant will maintain the tension in the thread substantially constant as it is drawn through the needle.

Figs. 13 and 14 illustratea form of adjustable friction device in which the ring 62, forming theeyes B3, are substituted for the pegs 5G illustrated in Figs. 10, 11 and 12. The rings 62 are fixedly attached to the needle handle 42 adjacent to and on opposite sides of a groove 44. A thread passing through the friction device would pass through an eye 63 of a ring 62, through the eye 49 of the rotatable ring and'through the eye 63 of the second ring 52. 1

Fig. 2 shows-the thread 89 passing from the adjustable friction device along the surface 43 of the needle handle 42, through the orifice 4i into the needle tube 39, and out of the needle tube at the end .40 thereof. Manual control of the movement of the thread through the needle is obtained by pinching it between the surface a3 and a finger -of the hand holding the needle.

It is to'be particularly noted that in a needle having a bent needle tube, as illustrated in Figs. 10 and 11, that a plane passing through the axis of the transverse portion of the tube and through the axis of the needle is in angular relation to a plane passing through the longitudinal axis of the orifice il andthe axis of the needle and to a plane passing through the axis of a peg and the axis of the needle. The pegs 50 and the orifice ll, which fixthe position of a thread on the surface 43 of the needle handle #32, are ar ranged with respect to the transversely bent portion of the needle tube so that a portion of the thread on the surfacefiii adjacent to the orifice 4! lies to one side of a plane passing through the axis of the transversely bent portion of the needle tube and through the axis of the needle. When thehandle, 42 of the needle is angular in cross section, as illustrated in Fig. 15, the arrangement of the sides 64 of the handle 42 with respect to the axis of the transverse portion of the needle tube and to the orifice M is such that when the needle is held in the normal knitting position the forefinger of the hand holding the needle is in r contact with one side of the handle and a portion of the thread 60 prior to passing into the orific M'lies on another side thereof.

My improved needle is used for adding stitches to the unfinished edge of an unfinished piece of knitted fabric in the manner illustrated in Figs. 1 and 2. 7

In the drawings, '5! is a fragment of an unfinished piece of knitted fabric held on the bar ill by means of the pegs orprojections i3 and [4 attached thereto. Fig. 1 clearly shows that stitches 52, 53, 54, 58 and 51, a plurality of the stitches comprising the unfinished edge of the fabric are held in extended relation, thereby providing an unobstructed space or opening 6| within the confine of each of the said stitches for the insertion of the end of the needle tube 39. Figs. 1 and 2 clearl show that the length of the portion of thread 6t constituting one of the said stitches is limited to the distance from a peg I3, in row 25, to and around an adjacent peg It, in row l6, and back to a second adjacent peg I3. As this distance for any group of three such adjacent pegs is substantially the same it can readily be seen that with the tension in the thread main tained constant by the needle during the forming of each stitch the resultant stitches will be of uniform size.

The operation of forming a stitch consists of bringing the thread into engagement with the holding means, inserting the point of the needle tube into a stitch in the unfinished edge of the fabric, thereby carrying the thread into the said stitch, releasing the said stitch from the holdin means by disengaging it therefrom with the needle, bringing the thread into engagement with the holding means, and withdrawing the needle from the released stitch. The portion of thread which has thus been engaged at a plurality of points by the holding means constitutes a new stitch. Fig. 1 illustrates the first phase in the operation of forming a new stitch and shows the thread 60 as having been brought into engagement with a peg l3, to the right of and at the bottom of stitch 58, and as having been carried into stitch 54 by the insertion thereinto of the needle tube 39. Fig. 2 illustrates the second phase and shows stitch 54 disengaged from the peg I4, and the thread engaged therewith. The third and final phase is the withdrawing of the needle tube 39 from the stitch 54 and into position to bring thread into engagement with the peg l3 to the right of and adjacent to completed stitch 59.

Figs. 1 and 2 illustrate the making of plain fabrics. The making of ribbed and other patterned fabrics necessitates the inversion of selected stitches as may be indicated by the pattern desired. The inversion of a stitch is accomplished in the formation thereof by bringing the point of the needle in front of and past the peg holding the stitch which is to be replaced and inserting the needle tube into the stitch from underneath, disengaging the stitch from the peg, bringing the needle back to its normal position for plain knitting while holding the disengaged stitch upon the needle tube and then bringing the thread into engagement with the peg and withdrawing the needle from the disengaged stitch. While it is possible to perform this operation with a straight needle tube it is extremely difiicult and awkward and the operation is greatly facilitated by the use of a transversely bent needle tube such as is illustrated in Figs. 10 and 11. When a transversely bent needle tube is used the needle can be held in approximately the same position as for plain knitting and the point of the tube inserted into a stitch from underneath by rotating the needle plain knitting with the disengaged stitch on the needle tube the thread is brought into engagement with the holding means and the stitch completed in the usual manner. The ease withwhich this operation can be performed depends to a great extent upon the angle between the axis of the'tr-ansverse portion of the needle tube and the axis of the needle and the angle between the plane of the orifice and the axis of the needle. The degrees of angularity of the said angles depend upon the conditions for which the needle is designed and may vary widely from the angles shown in the drawings. The length of the transverse portion of the needle tube is important in the inverting of stitches as it holds a portion of the thread, from which the new stitch'is to be formed, in spaced relation to the needle tube as it passes back from the orifice through the disengaged stitch which is held on the needle tube. The spaced relation thus obtained greatly facilitates bringing the thread into engagement with the peg. The length of the transverse portion of the needle tube depends upon the conditions for which the needle is designed and may be of any length desired.

Fig. 16 illustrates a shape of the orifice at the end All of needle tube 39 in which the forward end 65 of the ellipse has been flattened so as to avoid splitting the thread when the needle point is inserted into a stitch. It is, however, sometimes desirable to use an orifice which is round, elliptical, ovate, elliptical with the rearward end flattened, or some other shape as may be required to meet certain conditions.

From the foregoing description of some preferred forms of my invention it will now be understood that I have disclosed a new and novel needle for carrying a portion of a thread, of which a fabric is being made, through a stitch in the unfinished edge of the fabric whereby a new loop or stitch is added thereto.

It will be seen that I have provided a new and novel needle for adding stitches to an unfinished piece of fabric which will mechanically control the amount of resistance to the passage of a thread therethrough and thereby mechanically control the tension in the portion of the thread which will comprise one of the said stitches during the operation of forming the said stitch.

It will also be seen that I have provided a new and novel needle for adding stitches to an unfinished piece of fabric which can be used in conjunction with a fabric holder such as is described herein, for making ribbed and other patterned fabrics which require the inversion of selected stitches. I

It will also be seen that I have provided a new and novel needle, for adding stitches to an un finished piece of fabric, through which the movement of a thread can be controlled by the hand holding the needle.

While I have described some preferred forms of my new and novel needle I desire it understood that my invention is not confined to the particular forms shown and described, and that the handle and the needle tube may have any forms desired, that the axis of the transverse portion of the needle tube and the planes of the orifices may have any desired degree of angularity with respect to the axis of the needle, that the orifices may have any desired shape and position, and that the elements of the friction device and the thread guide may have any forms and arrangement desired and may be positioned at any point on the needle without departing from the. scope of my invention.

Having thus described my invention and point ed out the new and novel features therein, what I claim is: r

- 1, A needle for adding stitches to the unfinished edge of an unfinished piece of fabric, said needle comprising a tubular body through which the thread for the said additional stitches can pass, the orifice at one end of the said tubular body being formed by a bead substantially thicker than the wall of the tubular body adjacent thereto.

2. A needle for adding stitches to the unfinished edge of an unfinished piece of fabric, said needle comprising a tubular body, through which the thread for the said additional stitches can pass, and a friction device, said friction device constituting means for creating resistance to the passage of the said thread through the said needle.

3. A needle for adding stitches to the unfinished edge of an unfinished piece of fabric, said needle comprising a body provided with a tubular portion adjacent to one end, through which the thread for the said additional stitches can pass, and a friction device, said friction device constituting means for creating resistance to the passage of the said thread through the said needle.

4. A needle for adding stitches to the unfinished edge of an unfinished piece of fabric, said needle comprising a body provided with a tubular portion adjacent to one end, through which the thread for the said additional stitches can pass, and an adjustable friction device, said friction device constituting means for creating different amounts of resistance to the passage of the said thread through the said needle.

5. A needle foradding stitches to the unfinished edge of an unfinished piece of fabric, said needle comp-rising a-body provided with a tubular portion adjacent to one end, through which the thread for the said additional stitches can pass, and a thread guide, the said guide being arranged with respect to the entrance orifice of the said tubular portion so that a portion of the said thread will be exposed in external relation to a portion of the needle, body prior to the entrance of the said thread into the saidtubular portion of the needle body.

6. A needle for adding stitches to the unfinished edge of an unfinished piece of fabric, said needle comprising a body provided with a tubular portion adjacent to one end, through which the thread for the said additional stitches can pass, and an adjustable friction device, said fric tion device constituting a thread guide and means for creating different amounts of resistance to the passage of the said thread through the said needle, the said friction device in its function as a thread guide being arranged with respect to the entrance orifice of the said tubular portion so that a portion of the said thread will be exposed in external relation to a portion of the needle body prior to the entrance of the said thread into the said tubular portion of the needle body.

7. A needle for adding stitches to the unfinished edge of an unfinished piece of fabric, said needle comprising a body provided with a tubular portion adjacent to one end, through which the thread for the said additional stitches can pass, an adjustable friction device, and a thread guide, said friction device constituting means for creating different amounts of resistance to the passage of the said thread through the said needle, the said thread guide being arranged with respect to the entrance orifice of the said tubular portion so that a portion of the said thread will be exposed in external relation to a portion of the needle body prior to the entrance of the said thread into the said tubular portion of the needle body. I

8. A needle for adding stitches to the unfinished edge of an unfinished piece of fabric, said needle comprising a body provided with a tubular portion adjacent to one end, through which the thread for the said additional stitches can pass, an adjustable friction device, and a thread guide, the orifice at one end of the said tubular portion being formed by a beadsubstantially thicker than the wall of the'tubular portion adjacent thereto, the said friction device constituting means for creating different amounts of resistance to the passage of the said thread through the said needle, the said thread guide being arranged with respect to the entrance orifice of the said tubular portion so that a portion of the said thread will be exposed in external relation to a portion of the needle body prior to the entrance of the said thread into the said tubular portion of the needle body.

9. A needle for adding stitches to the unfinished edge of an unfinished piece of fabric, said needle comprising a body provided with a tubular portion adjacent to one end, through which the thread for the said additional stitches can pass, and a friction device. a portion of the said tubular portion being in transverse relation to the longitudinal axis of the needle, the said friction device constituting means for creating resistance to the passage of the said thread through the said needle.

10. A needle for adding stitches to the unfinished edge of an unfinished piece of fabric, said needle comprising a body provided with a tubular portion adjacent to one end, through which the thread for the said additional stitches can pass, and an adjustable friction device, a portion of the said tubular portion being in transverse relation to the longitudinal axis of the needle, the said friction device constituting means for creating different amounts of resistance to the passage of the said thread through the said needle.

11. A needle for adding stitches to the unfinished edge of an unfinished piece of fabric, said needle comprising a body provided with a tubular portion adjacent to one end, through which the thread for the said additional stitches can pass, and a thread guide, a portion of the said tubular portion being in transverse relation to -the longitudinal axis of the needle, the said thread guide being arranged with respect to the entrance orifice of the said tubular portion so 12. A needle for adding stitches to the unfinished edge of an unfinished piece of fabric, said needle comprising a body provided with a tubular portion adjacent to one end, through which the thread for the said additional stitches can pass, and an adjustable friction device, a portion of the said tubular portion being in transverse relation tothe longitudinal axis of the needle, said friction device constituting a thread guide and means for creating different amounts of resistance to the passage of the said thread through the said needle, the said friction device in its function as a thread guide being arranged with respect to the entrance orifice of the said tubular portion'sothat a portion of the said thread will be exposed in external relation to a portion of the needle body prior to the entrance of the said thread into the said tubular portion of the needle body.

13; A needle for adding stitches to the unfinished edge of an unfinished piece of fabric, said needle comprising a body provided-with a tubular portion adjacent to one end, through which the thread for the said additional stitches can pass,

the entrance of the said thread into the said tubular portion.

19. A needle as set forth in claim 18 in which the handle portion has apluralityiof sides arranged longitudinally" with respect to the axis of the needle. I

"20. A needle for adding stitches to the unfinished edge of an unfinished piece of fabric, said needle comprising a tubular portion, through which the thread for the said additional stitches can pass, a handle portion having a perimeter an adjustable friction device, and a thread'guide,

a portion of the said tubular portion being in transverse relation to the longitudinal axis of the needle, said friction device constituting means for creating different amounts of resistance to the passage of the said thread through the said needle, the said thread guide being arranged with respect to the entrance orifice of the said tubular portion so that a portion of the said thread will be exposed in external relation to a portion of the needle body prior to the entrance of the said thread into the said tubular portion of the needle body.

14. A needle as set forth in claim 13 in which the periphery of the said tubular portion at'the egress orifice is slightly flattened transversely of the longitudinal axis of the needle.

15. A needle as set forth in claim 13 in which the orifice at one end of the said tubular portion is formed by a bead substantially thicker than the Wall of the tubular portion adjacent thereto, and the periphery of the tubular portion at the egress orifice is slightly flattened transversely of the longitudinal axis of the needle.

16. A needle for adding stitches to the unfinished edge of an unfinished piece of fabric, said needle comprising a tubular portion, through which the thread for the said additional stitches can pass, a handle portion having a perimeter substantially larger than the perimeter of the tubular portion, and an adjustable friction device, said friction device constituting means for creating different amounts of resistance to the passage of the said thread through the said needle.

17. A needle for adding stitches to the unfinished edge of an unfinished piece of fabric, said needle comprising a tubular portion, through which the thread for the said additional stitches can pass, a handle portion having a perimeter substantially larger than the perimeter of the tubular portion, and a thread guide, the said guide being arranged with respect to the entrance orifice of the said tubular portion so that a portion of the said thread will be exposed in external relation to a portion of the said handle portion prior to the entrance of the said thread into the said tubular portion.

18. A needle for adding stitches to the unfinished edge of an unfinished piece of fabric, said needle comprising a tubular portion, through which the thread for th said additional stitches can pass, a handle portion having a perimeter substantially larger than the perimeter of the tubular portion, an adjustable friction device, and a thread guide, said friction device constituting means for creating different amounts of resistance to the passage of the said thread through the said needle, the said thread guide being arranged with respect to th entrance orifice of the said tubular portion so that a portion of the said thread will be exposed in external relation to a portion of the said handle portion prior to substantially larger than the perimeter of the tubular portioman adjustabl friction device, and a thread guide, a portionof the said tubular portion being in transverse relation to the longitudinal axis of the needle, said friction device constituting means for creating different amounts of resistance to the passage of the said thread through the said needle, the said thread guide being arranged with respect to the entrance orifice of the said tubular portion so that a portion of the said thread will be exposed in external relation to a portion of th said handle portion prior to the entrance of the said thread into the said tubular portion.

21. A needle for adding stitches to the unfinished edge of an unfinished piece of fabric, said needle comprising a tubular body through which the thread for the said additional stitches can pass, a portion of the said tubular body being in transverse relation to the longitudinal axis of the needle.

22. A needle for adding stitches to the unfinished edge of an unfinished piece of fabric, said needle comprising a, body provided with a tubular portion adjacent to one end, through which the thread for the said additional stitches can pass, a portion of the said tubular portion being in transverse relation to the longitudina1 axis of the needle.

23. A needle for adding stitches to the unfinished edge of an unfinished piece of fabric, said needle comprising a tubular portion, through which the thread for the said additional stitches can pass, a handle portion having a perimeter substantially larger than the perimeter of the tubular portion, and a friction device, said friction device constituting means for creating resistance to the passage of the said thread through the said needle.

24. A needle for adding stitches to the unfinished edge of an unfinished piece of fabric, said needle comprising a tubular portion, through which the thread for the said additional stitches can pass, a handle portion having a perimeter substantially larger than the perimeter of the tubular portion, and a friction device, said friction device constituting a thread guide and means for creating resistance to the passage of the said thread through the said needle, the said friction device in its function as a thread guide being arranged with respect to the entrance orifice of the said tubular portion so that a portion of the said thread will be exposed in external relation to a portion of the said handle portion prior to the entrance of the said thread into the said tubular portion.

25. A needle for adding stitches to the unfinished edge of an unfinished piece of fabric, said needle comprising a tubular portion, through which the thread for the said additional stitches can pass, and a handle portion having a perimeter substantially larger than the perimeter of the tubular portion, a portion of the said tubular portion being in transverse relation to the longitudinal axis of the needle. v 26. A needle as set forth in claim 25 provided with a friction device, said friction device con stituting means for creating resistance to the passage of the said thread through the said needle. 27. A needle as set forth in claim 25 provided with an adjustable friction device, said friction device constituting a thread guide and means for creating different amounts of resistance to the passage of said thread through the said needle, the said friction device in its function as a thread uide being arranged with respect to the entrance tion of the said thread will be exposed in external relation to a portion of the said handle portion prior to the entrance of the said thread into the said tubular portion. a

28. A needle as set forth in claim 20 in which the orifice at one end of the said tubular portion is formed by a bead substantially thicker than the wall of the tubular portion adjacent thereto,-

' the periphery of the tubular portion at the egress orifice of .the said tubular portion so that a pororifice is vslightly flattened. transversely ofthe longitudinal axis of'the-ne'ed1e,'and-the handle portion has a plurality of sides arranged 'longi tudinally with respect tothe axisjof the needle? OTTO'C. SEMONSEN; 

